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"Alexander II's Great Reforms of the early 1860s unleashed hopes among Russians for a true civil society that would enjoy the benefits of increased political freedom and exclusion from want. Instead, after the attempt on the Tsar's life by D.V. Karakozov in 1866, Russian political life became trapped within a vicious circle of political reaction, growing disillusionment with the government and intensifying political dissent that increasingly manifested itself in acts of terrorism against Tsarist officials." "The creation of the Department of State Police in 1880, to combat all forms of political subversion, served as a declaration of war by the Russian government, not only against Russia's terrorists, but also against enlightened society as a whole. The secret police acted as the vanguard of the forces of order in this internal war, its tentacles penetrating every corner of Russian life." "Zuckerman's book is the first to place the entire history of the so-called "Okhrana" within the context of the political and social history of late imperial Russia. Indeed, Zuckerman shows that, ironically, the secret police were themselves victims of the political culture they strove to preserve."--Jacket

Setting the stage -- A comparative introduction -- Law and the repression of political crime in Russia, 1826-1902 -- The development of modern political policing institutions in Russia, 1800-1902

Detectives, secret agents and police chiefs -- Fontanka's foot soldiers: the professional lives of Russia's political police detectives -- Sedretnye Sotrudniki: the lives of Russia's undercover agents -- Making a career: the evolution of professionalism within Fontanka

The foundations of the modern police state? The political police and the Russian people, 1902-1904 -- Spinning the web: Plehve and the expansion of the political police network -- Time of experiment, time of repression, 1902-1904

Revolution, counter-revolution and collapse : the Tsarist political police and Russian society, 1904-1917 -- P.D. Sviatopolk-Mirskii and A.A. Lopukhin: the political police and Mirskii's 'Spring' -- The political police and the 1905 revolution, I: the descent into chaos, January-November -- The political police and the 1905 revolution, II: Durnovo, Rachkovskii and internal warfare -- Stolypin and the Russian political police, 1906-1911 -- S.P. Beletskii and V.F. Dzhunkovskii and the forces of modernity within Russian society -- Illusion and reality: into the abyss, 1915-1917

"Alexander II's Great Reforms of the early 1860s unleashed hopes among Russians for a true civil society that would enjoy the benefits of increased political freedom and exclusion from want. Instead, after the attempt on the Tsar's life by D.V. Karakozov in 1866, Russian political life became trapped within a vicious circle of political reaction, growing disillusionment with the government and intensifying political dissent that increasingly manifested itself in acts of terrorism against Tsarist officials." "The creation of the Department of State Police in 1880, to combat all forms of political subversion, served as a declaration of war by the Russian government, not only against Russia's terrorists, but also against enlightened society as a whole. The secret police acted as the vanguard of the forces of order in this internal war, its tentacles penetrating every corner of Russian life." "Zuckerman's book is the first to place the entire history of the so-called "Okhrana" within the context of the political and social history of late imperial Russia. Indeed, Zuckerman shows that, ironically, the secret police were themselves victims of the political culture they strove to preserve."--Jacket

Setting the stage -- A comparative introduction -- Law and the repression of political crime in Russia, 1826-1902 -- The development of modern political policing institutions in Russia, 1800-1902

Detectives, secret agents and police chiefs -- Fontanka's foot soldiers: the professional lives of Russia's political police detectives -- Sedretnye Sotrudniki: the lives of Russia's undercover agents -- Making a career: the evolution of professionalism within Fontanka

The foundations of the modern police state? The political police and the Russian people, 1902-1904 -- Spinning the web: Plehve and the expansion of the political police network -- Time of experiment, time of repression, 1902-1904

Revolution, counter-revolution and collapse : the Tsarist political police and Russian society, 1904-1917 -- P.D. Sviatopolk-Mirskii and A.A. Lopukhin: the political police and Mirskii's 'Spring' -- The political police and the 1905 revolution, I: the descent into chaos, January-November -- The political police and the 1905 revolution, II: Durnovo, Rachkovskii and internal warfare -- Stolypin and the Russian political police, 1906-1911 -- S.P. Beletskii and V.F. Dzhunkovskii and the forces of modernity within Russian society -- Illusion and reality: into the abyss, 1915-1917

Setting the stage -- A comparative introduction -- Law and the repression of political crime in Russia, 1826-1902 -- The development of modern political policing institutions in Russia, 1800-1902

Detectives, secret agents and police chiefs -- Fontanka's foot soldiers: the professional lives of Russia's political police detectives -- Sedretnye Sotrudniki: the lives of Russia's undercover agents -- Making a career: the evolution of professionalism within Fontanka

The foundations of the modern police state? The political police and the Russian people, 1902-1904 -- Spinning the web: Plehve and the expansion of the political police network -- Time of experiment, time of repression, 1902-1904

Revolution, counter-revolution and collapse : the Tsarist political police and Russian society, 1904-1917 -- P.D. Sviatopolk-Mirskii and A.A. Lopukhin: the political police and Mirskii's 'Spring' -- The political police and the 1905 revolution, I: the descent into chaos, January-November -- The political police and the 1905 revolution, II: Durnovo, Rachkovskii and internal warfare -- Stolypin and the Russian political police, 1906-1911 -- S.P. Beletskii and V.F. Dzhunkovskii and the forces of modernity within Russian society -- Illusion and reality: into the abyss, 1915-1917